by Olivia Barker, USA TODAY

by Olivia Barker, USA TODAY

He hasn't lost his talent for the live teleprompter, or his ability to command a, well, global audience.

Days after dropping in on the geeks at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Bill Clinton rubbed shoulders with the beautiful people in Hollywood, crashing the Golden Globes and garnering the night's first room-wide standing ovation. The 42nd president earnestly introduced a clip of Steven Spielberg's "brilliant ... extraordinary" film about the 16th president, Lincoln. His command of the (digital) cue cards trounced the abilities of several of the actors presenting.

The show's co-hosts were giddy about the surprise. "What an exciting special guest. That was Hillary Clinton's husband!" gushed Amy Poehler, who, of course, memorably impersonated the secretary of state on Saturday Night Live.